Seneca IDA tables military transfer of depot land | Regional Information

Originally printed in Finger Lakes Occasions

As it prepares to post remarks at a Feb. 16 listening to on the proposed Trelina Solar Power Centre, the Packwood Serven Pre-Emption Community Association is upset it was denied intervenor money by the condition Board of Electric Generation Siting and the Setting.

“We are dismayed that our affiliation, an affiliation of owners who are worried about the impacts that this photo voltaic farm will have on our local community, was denied in complete any of the set-apart intervenor funds,” Association spokesman and Packwood Street resident Joe Wukitsch mentioned. “Our affiliation investigated how a person must implement for those people resources and what those cash may well be made use of for.”

The neighborhood group sought $40,000 in funding to seek the services of specialists and consultants to review the impacts of the 80 megawatt photo voltaic project in the spot of Packwood and Serven roadways. By regulation, all those money would have been furnished by Trelina.

The siting board denied the Association’s ask for Jan. 27, conveying that it is not an official bash to the proceedings, and if it were, its planned use of the cash was not considered right or allowable.

The board granted the city of Waterloo’s ask for for $80,000 in intervenor funds, noting the town is a party to the software course of action.

Wukitsch explained phone calls to various condition places of work and world wide web research discovered no rules or way relative to what would constitute a positive positioning for an award.

“We also attained out to an lawyer who specializes in these issues,” Wukitsch said. “In a conference with two of our association’s officers, we were being informed that we would have to use our possess monetary sources 1st to keep him, and that was just for his advice on how and the wherefores of relocating ahead.”

Waterloo Town Attorney Dennis Benjamin was contacted, but Wukitsch claimed he cited a conflict of curiosity simply because the town also was trying to get intervenor money.

“We question how the state can present condition taxpayer subsidies to a enterprise not headquartered in New York [Trelina is based in Juno Beach, Fla.], who has unsuccessful to provide any money information, and whose reps have strongly mentioned would not be talked over right up until right after the Posting 10 method is done relative to host advantages or PILOT settlement,” Wukitsch said.

Wukitsch stated Trelina’s belongings exceed $125 billion.

“How can a compact entity this kind of as the town of Waterloo or our property owners affiliation have any progress towards any funding to present a baseline to operate from or situation them selves to be certain transparency and accountability?” he asked. “It appears that, at each transform, the final result has been decided at a greater point out amount.”

Seneca IDA Tables Military Transfer of Depot Land

By David L. Shaw

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iting a wish for extra time to critique the environmental cleanup report, the Seneca County Industrial Growth Agency has tabled acceptance of land at the former Seneca Army Depot.

The IDA Board of Administrators was scheduled to acknowledge the transfer of deeds to 11 parcels encompassing 283 acres at Thursday’s assembly. Board associates stated they will take into account the transfer at their March assembly if they are pleased with the environmental cleanup report. The IDA would then have to vote to transfer those people qualities to Deer Haven Park and First Mild Technologies, firms that own depot land in the affected regions.

The transfer is element of pre-present agreements with the two firms.

Also Thursday, the IDA named just one of its board members, Jeff Shipley, to fill a emptiness on the county Economic Enhancement Corp. Board of Administrators. He joins Steve Brusso and Tom Kime on the EDC board.

The EDC fulfilled immediately after the IDA adjourned. It voted to acknowledge a $15 raise, to $690, in the charge of a headstone at Sampson Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Romulus. Humphrey Memorials of Herkimer fulfills the cemetery’s orders.

The EDC has operated the cemetery considering the fact that it was proven in 2008 and programs to transfer it to the county by the conclusion of June. The county has appealed to Albany to have the cemetery turn out to be the initial condition-run facility of its kind.